Wang Zhi
- Name
- 王直 (Ōchoku)
- Status
- alive
- Affiliation
- Rocks Pirates
- First seen
- Ch. 1157
Named-not-shown · former Rocks Pirates member (God Valley era)
Profile
One of the named former Rocks Pirates who “went on to carve out a name” for themselves, listed by Sengoku alongside the Golden Lion, the Silver Axe, and Captain John (Ch. 957 p. 6). Named only — not shown on-page in this chapter.
Arc-by-arc updates
God Valley flashback — stayed behind on the island (Ch. 1160) — referenced
- Referenced, not shown: as the Rocks Pirates land at God Valley, a crewmate notes “Wang Zhi stayed behind on the island… we’ll ban him from her bar!!” — i.e. he did not join the crew’s landing. See Rocks and God Valley.
Era of Rocks — first on-page depiction (Ch. 1157)
- First on-page appearance (flashback): a Rocks Pirate raiding the M Bezel International Charity Sanctuary — the laughing gunman (“Jiha ha ha ha!!”, “BLAM BLAM”), addressed by name “Hey, Wang Zhi!!” (pp. 2–3).
- See Rocks and God Valley.
Elbaf — Rocks origin flashback (Ch. 1155) — founding-roster portrait (deep flashback)
- Appears among the founding Rocks Pirates portrait roster (p. 15), captioned “Pirate Guru — Wang Zhi (Future Commodore of Pirate Island).” His portrait-card dialogue supplies the Fullalead / Pirate Island exile-and-gold-lode lore — consistent with his later rule of Pirate Island (ousted by Blackbeard @1059).
- See Rocks Pirates, Rocks and God Valley.
Toppled by Blackbeard — Pirate Island (Ch. 1059) — mentioned
Named as a Rocks member — the God Valley legend (Ch. 957)
- Listed among the Rocks Pirates “who went on to carve out a name for themselves” in Sengoku’s God-Valley exposition (p. 6). Named only, not depicted. Name encodes the real-world Ming-dynasty pirate lord Wang Zhi (汪直, d. 1560) — see
etymologyfrontmatter. See Rocks and God Valley.